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Statue in Downtown Eugene Memorializes ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ Author Ken Kesey
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One of Eugene’s most famous residents is memorialized in a downtown sculpture.
The Storyteller is in the plaza at the corner of Willamette and Broadway streets, as a way to honor writer Ken Kesey. He authored works such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion.
The bronze statue shows Kesey reading on a bench to his grandchildren Kate, Caleb and Jordan. The sculpture is designed so that visitors to the plaza can also sit on the bench.
The artist is Peter Helzer, a friend of Kesey’s. The noted author passed away in 2001.
